Lord Ronald- Margaret Gillespie (Aber) 1906 Greig F

Lord Ronald- Margaret Gillespie (Aber) 1906 Greig F

[Fragment from The Greig-Duncan Folk Song Collection. Edited by Pat Shuldham-Shaw and Emily B Lyle, (1981-2002).

R. Matteson 2018]


F. Lord Ronald- sung by Mrs. Margaret Gillespie (b. 1841), of New Deer, sister of Rev. Duncan.

"What had ye for supper, Lord Ronald, my son,
What had ye for supper, my jolly young man?"
"A plate o' black fishes, mother mak my bed soon,
For I'm weary wi huntin, an' fain wad lie doon."